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Both Jewish and Palestinian refugees found themselves in refugee camps but their fates soon diverged. Through a tremendous effort, the newborn state of Israel absorbed and integrated 600,000 of the 900,000 Jewish refugees, nearly doubling its population. In sharp contrast, many Palestinians are still living in refugee camps, even under the Palestinian Authority’s rule. Arab governments rarely extend citizenship or offer reparations to Palestinians, despite having urged them to leave their homes in 1948. While Jewish refugees have been given a second chance to lead free lives, the same cannot be said about Palestinians. Discussion...
...adapted was evident in the hours after his campaign plane crashed two miles from a small airport last Friday 175 miles north of Minneapolis. (Also aboard were Wellstone's wife Sheila, daughter Marcia, three campaign-staff members and two pilots. There were no survivors.) "Despite the marked contrast between Paul's and my views on matters of government and politics," said Helms, his onetime nemesis, "he was my friend...
...stated at the beginning of the term that he or she knows what the CUE Guide says about his or her teaching and tells students to “just deal with it” because no changes in teaching style will be made. Neugeboren presents such a refreshing contrast in his earnest desire “to do a good job” for the students’ benefit, even if it may come at the price of his personal pride...
...position Harvard currently enjoys is a remarkable contrast to last season, when the Crimson recorded only three Ivy wins...
Four of the ECAC’s top five teams this season could very easily come from the Ivy League, a stark contrast from the seven-year span from 1995-2001 when just one Ivy team, the 1998 Yale squad, won the regular season title...